Q: Are all rooms of the house obligated in a mezuzah, or is it sufficient to affix a mezuzah at the apartment’s entrance? A: All doorways of the house and its rooms are obligated in a mezuzah. And ...

Who uses a mezuzah? The simple answer: all Jews, everywhere! The famous Hebrew prayer, the Shema, instructs the Jewish nation to love the Lord with all of their heart, soul, and might, and to inscribe ...

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A mezuzah is more than a way to mark the front door of a Jewish household. This special parchment, contained in a decorative case, contains the Hebrew verse for the Shema Yisrael prayer. The beginning ...

One of the oldest Jewish symbols, even older than the Jewish star (Magen David), is the mezuzah. If you have ever entered a Jewish home, you most likely noticed a little box with a scroll in it ...

Behind the scenes at a hectic emergency room at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, there’s a new sense of peace when leaving the staff break room. Tucked into the doorway is the hospital’s ...

Thou shalt not spread germs. Mezuzahs — prayer-filled boxes in doorframes that religious Jews touch upon entering a room — do not transmit viruses, says a group of doctors at Maimonides Medical Center ...